• Dharma Curious
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    191 year ago

    M’star trek peeps, is the show worth watching? I’ve never seen it, and I’ve heard mixed reviews.

    • teftOP
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      311 year ago

      100% worth it. With the caveat that the effects aren’t good. The story and characters more than make up for it though.

    • @[email protected]
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      161 year ago

      100%

      S1 is rough, but it really picks up right out of the gate in S2. The last season is halfway to a different show, it’s skippable. Crusader is fine, too; it’s not great, but I don’t regret watching it.

    • @[email protected]
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      141 year ago

      Oh my god yes. I’m surprised you’re not watching it now. There’s a good amount of 90s camp and cheese, but the bones are very, very solid.

    • @[email protected]
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      121 year ago

      It’s widely considered the most contiguous SciFi series out there. The director started with 5 years of scripts and changed very little during production, other than losing the main character between seasons 2 and 3, due to medical complications. I personally consider Bab 5 to be as good, if not better than both Firefly and Farscape.

      • AngrilyEatingMuffins
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        61 year ago

        Between one and two. Even crazier, though - he knew actors sometimes left shows so he wrote in a “trapdoor” and replacement character so that he could sub out someone with a new character without losing a step.

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          And it worked out super well too, arguably Sheridan was superb and having Sinclair become valen just works.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      In the past year it was released in 4K. As others have said, the effects are not great, but growing up in that era, it felt a little nostalgic.

      I was pretty hooked on it for a while. I got kinda burned out on the last season. It’s not that it wasn’t good, I just binged it too hard.

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      It’s cheesy and cheap and often very manichaean. Yet, it’s very interesting and got me hooked to an extent that nothing on the Star Trek universe managed to.

      • teftOP
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        11 year ago

        manichaean

        I learned a new word today. Thanks!

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        Yeah it’s kind of like the spiritual successor to 90s trek with family guy humor sprinkled in. I did not watch season 3 yet, but I heard it was great!!